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Season 10 Episode 12
David Fahrenthold won the Pulitzer Prize for his 2016 reporting on how Donald Trump’s lifetime of charitable giving was largely a mirage.
Nine years l…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
‘I Try to Find the Question That People Cannot Squirm Out Of’: An Interview with Nashville’s Phil Williams
Season 10 Episode 11
For more than thirty years, Phil Williams has been the steadying voice of investigative reporting at NewsChannel 5, in Nashville. His deep dives into…
11 months, 1 week ago
‘The Threat Is Very Real’: NPR’s Katherine Maher on the Fight to Save Public Media
Season 10 Episode 10
Last week, Donald Trump issued an executive order calling for the end of funding for NPR and PBS. It’s the latest attempt by conservatives to cut bac…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Inside El Salvador’s Dystopian Prison Network
Season 10 Episode 9
A few years ago, El Salvador was one of the most violent nations in the world, with gang killings taking the lives of dozens of people every week.
Na…
1 year ago
Kai Ryssdal Was America’s Economic Voice of Reason This Week
Season 10 Episode 8
Kai Ryssdal has been the host of Marketplace, a leading daily radio show and podcast about the economy, produced by American Public Media, since 2005…
1 year ago
Carlos Watson Goes Free: A Surprising Coda to the CJR Podcast
Season 10 Episode 7
Prosecutors weren’t notified in advance, witnesses are in shock—and Watson’s family celebrates his freedom.
On the day that Carlos Watson, the founder…
1 year, 1 month ago
Molly White Knows You Don’t Understand Crypto
Season 10 Episode 6
If you thought “DOGE” only stood for the “Department of Government Efficiency”—well, you’re not alone. The world of crypto is full of double meanings…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Legal War on Journalism
Season 10 Episode 5
Over the past several months, Donald Trump has mounted a series of legal attacks against the media, including a libel case against ABC, an FCC invest…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Kicker, the Masseuses, and the Price of Doing Sports Journalism
Season 10 Episode 4
In January, the Baltimore Banner released an investigation into the star kicker of the Baltimore Ravens, in which multiple women accused him of sexua…
1 year, 2 months ago
A Warning from a Hungarian Journalist: ‘Brace Yourself for the Worst’
Season 10 Episode 3
András Pethő is a Hungarian journalist and a cofounder of Direkt36, an independent investigative news outlet.
Over the past decade, he’s watched as th…
1 year, 2 months ago